* The Sun-Times, the Tribune and Fox News are all live-blogging the Tony Rezko trial.

There’s a live news feed on the right side of the page just under the AP feed.

* Congratulations to Matt O’Shea on his new job as House GOP Leader Tom Cross’ chief of staff. Scott Reimers has been appointed Deputy Chief. The official announcement can be read by clicking here.

* State Sen. Susan Garrett is now blogging. Check it out.

* Margaret Houlihan’s baby, Jack, was born two months early last Sunday. He weighed in at just 2.2 pounds, but he’s a little fighter. And a White Sox fan! Check out Jack’s progress at his family’s new blog.

* Memo of the day, from the Department of Corrections…

This is sent on behalf of Director Roger E. Walker Jr.

As many of you already know, the CMS Garage has implemented an interim policy that requires IDOC Central Office approval on ALL vehicle repairs and maintenance issues. This new policy is due to IDOC’s overall lack of payment to CMS Garage for services rendered over the past few years. Given this, we need to curtail the amount of vehicles we are sending through the CMS garages for repairs. Please only have vehicles repaired if it is an emergency situation. This may mean “sidelining” a few vehicles from your fleet for the remainder of the fiscal year if necessary.